Bush is mulling a run for president, and Democrats, writes National Journal, would love to do to him what Team Obama did to Mitt Romney. That is, force Bush to spend his campaign defending a business record he originally hoped to trumpet. But Hillary Clinton and her allies would have a higher hill to climb than Obama’s re-election team ever did, National Journal writes. Romney’s business background had been the subject of attack ads dating back to 1994, when he ran for Senate. But Bush’s involvement with banks like Lehman Brothers and Barclays is comparatively recent and relatively unexplored. Bush’s re-emergence after years of private life is now forcing Democrats to scramble to find answers to questions about the former Florida governor.

Bush said Sunday he will release 250,000 emails from his two terms as governor and write an e-book outlining his governing philosophy, stoking speculation he’s closer to deciding whether to run for president.

Obama, Warren are OK: The White House says President Barack Obama and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have a good relationship. On the surface, things look different. Warren led a liberal insurrection over the Obama-backed $1.1 trillion spending bill that cleared the Senate late Saturday. She’s also rallying opposition to Obama’s nomination of Antonio Weiss to the Treasury Department. But as the Hill writes, the White House describes the Obama-Warren relationship as good. Obama’s press secretary Josh Earnest says their pair “have the same kinds of goals and priorities,” and noted joint Obama-Warren work to scuttle a deal that would have permanently extended some corporate tax breaks.

Kasich’s crusade:Ohio Gov. John Kasich is on a mission. The former congressman is launching a national campaign to pass an constitutional amendment via the states to require a federal balanced budget. As Politico writes, it’s all but certain to fail. But success may be beside the point. In the worst case, Kasich, a Republican, is out there fighting for his cause and raising his profile ahead of a potential 2016 presidential candidacy.

More cuts coming? A measure included in Congress’s mammoth spending bill allows benefit cuts for retirees in one kind of pension plan, The Wall Street Journal writes. Now, lawmakers and others believe that could set a precedent for other troubled retirement programs. The legislation is aimed at multiemployer plans, jointly run by unions and employers. The bill cleared by the Senate late Saturday would allow troubled funds to cut benefits for current retirees in some circumstances. It was an exception to a long-standing rule against cutbacks in private-pension benefits. Experts say it could be the first of many.

David Koch, social liberal: One of the best-known donors in American conservative politics says he’s a social liberal. David Koch, a supporter of abortion rights and gay marriage, told ABC News his primary concern when choosing a candidate is their fiscal policies. “What I want these candidates to do is support a balanced budget,” he said. “I’m very worried that if the budget is not balanced that inflation could occur and the economy of our country could suffer terribly.”

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